Source: http://kut.org/post/austin-muslims-invite-community-talk-islam-over-coffee By SYEDA HASAN Recent reports show hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. have spiked to levels not seen since just after 9/11. This has led one Austin-area Muslim group to try and combat misconceptions about their religion. They’re holding a series of community conversations, inviting people to come and […]
Source: The Guardian BY Jordan Green in Kernersville, North Carolina Jordan Green is senior editor for the Triad City Beat in Greensboro, NC Friends and family members pray at a […]
Source: Politico When America’s most influential Islamophobes are upset, you know the president made a good choice. “Score one [for] the swamp,” whined Robert Spencer upon hearing the news that […]
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Protesting the construction of a mosque in Sterling Heights, Mich., in 2015.CreditJohn M. Galloway/Detroit News, via Associated Press Over the objections of […]
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. nearly tripled in 2016 partly because of Donald Trump’s rise to political power, suggests a new […]
Economist: The Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason. By Christopher de Bellaigue. Bodley Head; 398 pages; £25. To be published in America by Liveright in April; $35. […]
Source: Huffington Post “A people who fight for their own rights are only as honorable as when they fight for the rights of all people.” By Carol Kuruvilla ALEXAT25 VIA GETTY IMAGESNew York City’s Times Square. New York City’s interfaith activists are getting ready to show President Donald Trump that […]
Aljazeera: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Islam is not the source of “terrorism” and that cooperating with predominantly Muslim states in the fight against it is vital. Merkel, who […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Pulver Oscar-nominated Muslim actor reveals additional discrimination he has faced since converting to Islam in 1999 The actor Mahershala Ali, whose performance in the widely acclaimed […]
Source: BBC Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has launched his election campaign by calling some Moroccans “scum”. Mr Wilders tops opinion polls ahead of the 15 March parliamentary vote, but […]
Our Source: Swiss Info Reporting by Shadia Nasralla and Andrea Shalal; Writing by Michelle Martin; Editing by Michael Nienaber MUNICH (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen warned […]
Americans Rate Jews Highest, Muslims Lowest On ‘Feeling Thermometer,’ Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post But views of both have gotten better A new […]
Source: BBC A US district judge in Virginia has ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order barring entry from seven countries is unconstitutional. Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction, […]
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Staff members at a campus cultural center spread fliers that make Muslim students feel welcome. Staff at a Rutgers […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Jenée Fowler It’s not easy for everyone. Some people simply haven’t experienced cultures outside their own. America is a bubble, a place where we’ve been told to […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Quran describes the holy prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, as mercy for the whole […]
Source: New York Times By Nicholas Kristof, who has been a columnist for The New York Times since 2001. He grew up on a farm in Oregon, graduated from Harvard, […]
Source: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/muslim-kiwis-attacked-in-huntly-get-out-of-my-patch.html?ref=RLrotator Muslim Kiwis attacked in Huntly – ‘Get out of my patch!’ 12/02/2017 | By Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Simon Wong A group of Muslim women subjected to a tirade of abuse from a stranger say they will not be made to feel scared and intimidated in their own country. The […]
Source: Smithsonian.com Long before today’s anxiety about terror attacks, Spain and England feared that enslaved Africans would be more susceptible to revolt if they were Muslim (Wikimedia Commons) By Andrew […]
Source: The Washington Post By Shibley Telhami President Trump is expected to announce a ban on Muslim immigrants into the United States. However, polls conducted in the last year show […]